Here are the 2025 Oscar Nominations! The Brutalist and Wicked Could Sweep, but a European Musical Leads in Nominations

It’s that time again for the Academy to announce which films from 2024 are in the running for Best Picture and who might be taking home the golden statues. Based on the Golden Globe nominations, we already have some guesses, and it’s almost certain that both Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist will receive plenty of nominations, if not awards. We believe these films are the most talked-about of the award season and should make a strong impact. Since the nominations are being announced continuously, make sure to refresh our article as we update it, adding film titles, actor names, and industry professionals to the categories below!

Indeed, the Academy didn’t surprise too many people. Emilia Pérez dominated when it came to nominations, earning 13 in total. As we predicted, The Brutalist is expected to rack up several awards, and, after being snubbed at the Golden Globes, Wicked seems poised to make a big impact: both films received 10 nominations. Sean Baker’s Anora also rightly garnered 6 nominations, even though it wasn’t deemed worthy of a Golden Globe (though it did receive a nomination there). It’s not too surprising that Timothée Chalamet's biopic, A Complete Unknown, earned 8 nominations, as did Conclave, the controversial papal thriller. One major snub, however, is Denis Villeneuve’s exclusion from the Best Director category for Dune: Part Two. Although the sci-fi film received 6 nominations in total, Villeneuve missed out on a nod for Best Director. Not so for Coralie Fargeat, who is not only competing for Best Film with The Substance, but also for Best Director — and yes, Demi Moore, the star of this body horror, is officially an Oscar contender.

The 2025 Oscars ceremony will take place on March 2.

Best Picture

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I’m Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best Director

• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Brady Corbet (The Brutalist)
• James Mangold (A Complete Unknown)
• Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez)
• Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

Best Actor

• Adrien Brody (The Brutalist)
• Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
• Colman Domingo (Sing Sing)
• Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)
• Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice – The Trump Story)

Best Actress

• Cynthia Erivo (Wicked)
• Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez)
• Mikey Madison (Anora)
• Demi Moore (The Substance)
• Fernanda Torres (I’m Still Here)

Best Supporting Actress

• Monica Barbaro (A Complete Unknown)
• Ariana Grande (Wicked)
• Felicity Jones (The Brutalist)
• Isabella Rossellini (Conclave)
• Zoë Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)

Best Supporting Actor

• Yura Borisov (Anora)
• Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
• Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown)
• Guy Pearce (The Brutalist)
• Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice – The Trump Story)

Best Adapted Screenplay

• A Complete Unknown (James Mangold & Jay Cocks)
• Conclave (Peter Straughan)
• Emilia Pérez (Jacques Audiard)
• Nickel Boys (Ramell Ross & Joslyn Barnes)
• Sing Sing (Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar)

Best Original Screenplay

• Anora (Sean Baker)
• The Brutalist (Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold)
• A Real Pain (Jesse Eisenberg)
• September 5 (Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, Alex David)
• The Substance (Coralie Fargeat)

Best Cinematography

• The Brutalist (Lol Crawley)
• Dune: Part Two (Greig Fraser)
• Emilia Pérez (Paul Guilhaume)
• Maria (Edward Lachman)
• Nosferatu (Jarin Blaschke)

Best Editing

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked

Best Original Score

• The Brutalist (Daniel Blumberg)
• Conclave (Volker Bertelmann)
• Emilia Pérez (Clément Ducol & Camille)
• Wicked (John Powell & Stephen Schwartz)
• The Wild Robot (Kris Bowers)

Best Original Song

• "El Mal" (Emilia Pérez)
• "The Journey" (The 6888th Battalion / The Six Triple Eight)
• "Like a Bird" (Sing Sing)
• "Mi Camino" (Emilia Pérez)
• "Never Too Late" (Elton John: Never Too Late)

Best Sound

• A Complete Unknown
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

Best Costume Design

• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Gladiator II
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Set Design

• The Brutalist
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Nosferatu
• Wicked

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• A Different Man
• Emilia Pérez
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• Wicked

Best Visual Effects

• Alien: Romulus
• Better Man
• Dune: Part Two
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Wicked

Best Animated Film

• Flow 
• Inside Out 2 
• Memoir of a Snail 
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl 
• The Wild Robot 

Best Animated Short Film

• Beautiful Men
• In the Shadow of the Cypress
• Magic Candies
• Wander to Wonder
• Yuck!

Best International Film

• I'm Still Here
• Pigen med nålen (The Girl with the Needle)
• Emilia Pérez
• Dâne-ye anjîr-e ma'âbed (The Sacred Fig Seed)
• Flow 

Best Short Film

• A Lien
• Anuja
• Ik ben geen robot (I Am Not a Robot)
• The Last Ranger
• Covjek koji nije mogao sutjeti (The Man Who Could Not Keep Silent)

Best Documentary Film

• Black Box Diaries
• No Other Land
• Porcelain War
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
• Sugarcane: The Buried Truth 

Best Short Documentary

• Death by Numbers
• I am Ready, Warden
• Incident
• Instruments of a Beating Heart
• The Only Girl in the Orchestra